Lighter.



J. O. GARREY.

v LIGHTER. 7 APPLICATION FILED HOV. 25, 1914. I 1,1 32,559, Patented Mar. 23, 1915.

19 Z, 15' a 30 0 as Z f 5 l i llllm i W l JOHN O. CARREY, OF $1. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

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Specificatlonof Letters Patent.

Application filed November 25, 1914. Serial No. 873,869.

I v To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN O. CAR-REY, a citizen of the United States, residing in the city of St. Louis and State of Missouri, have invented anew and useful Lighter, the following is a specification.

The presentinvention relates-to lighters adapted for use for lighting cigars and for various other uses to which it may be applied, many of which will be suggested by the following specification and the accompanying drawing.

An object of the invention is to provide a conveniently portable lighter in which there is a spark producing mechanism, a wick communicating with and saturated by an of which arranged to move in proximity to the wick to extinguish the flame, in combination with a resilient lever, and a novel form of latch connectionbetween the lever and the hood whereby the lever is retained in engagement with the hood and placed under tension during the initial movement of thehandle portion thereof in one direction, with provision for releasing the lever after it has been tensioned, and means whereby the tensioned lever will actuate the spark producing mechanism, and also the hood, so that the wick will be ignited.

A further object is to produce an im-.

proved'lighter comprising a spark producmg mechanism, a wick, and a flame-snufling hood, in combination with a resilient lever having a handle, a novel form of latchin engagement between the lever and the sun ing hood whereby, when the handle is manipulated, the hood will hold the end of the lever until it is placed under tension and will then release the tensioned lever, a connection whereby the lever will actuate the spark producing mechanism when said lever is released as stated, and means whereby the lever will actuate thehoodto uncover the wick when the spark producing mechanism is actuated and will actuate the hood to cover the wick when the lever is released.

Having in view the objects above stated,

' andvarious other objects which will appear from the following specific description, I have illustrated'a preferred embodiment of my invention in the accompanying drawings in which- Figure l is an elevation of the preferred form of the lighter. Fig. 2 is a side eleva- '0I1 by a releasable nut when it is Patented'ltiar. 23, 1315.

tion of a portion of the lighter illustrating the improved actuating and controlling leverand itsconnection' with the spark Er:- ducmg mechanism and the flame .snu g hood, the parts being shown in their normal position when the lighter is not in use. Fig. 3 is a similar elevation illustrating the position of the parts after the actuating and controlling lever has been moved to actuate the hood to uncover. the wick, and the spark producing mechanism'to ignite the wick.

. Fig. 4 is a plan view of the device. Fig. 5

is a sectional view on the line 5-5 of Fig- 2.

The lighter is preferably of the portable type and, as such, includes a suitable base 1 which constitutes a support for maintaining. the lighter in a convenient upright position.

1 A receptacle 2 is secured in connection with the base 1, and is arrangedto contain the mflammable fluid with which the wick communicates and becomes saturated. The up perend of the receptacle is provided with an opening through which fluid may be poured into thereceptacle, said opening being normally closed'by a releasable closure 3. open passage 4 for the wick is secured to the top of the receptacle 2, and contains a wick 5 which extends into the receptacle and into communication with the inflammable fluid therein by which said wick becomes thor oughly saturated so that when theouter extremity thereof is ignited it will maintain a constant flame, as in the case of a lamp wick, for instance.

At one side of the receptacle 2 a bracket 6 is secured, and is provided with bearings in i which a rock shaft 7 is journaled. The rock shaft 7 extends above the upper bearing and supports a disk 8 having a serrated per1ph-.

ery. The disk 8 is revoluble with respect to the shaft 7 and is retained in position there- 9, so that said disk may be removed and replaced with another The under side of the disk 8 is provided with an annular series of ratchet teeth 10 adapted to coiiperate with a matching toothed S111? face of a collar 11 which is mounted on the shaft? below the disk 8 and which is ac.

tuated toward the disk 'Sby a-coil spring 12 encircling the shaft 7 between thelowerend 'of the collar 11 and the upper bearing in which theshaft is journaled. The collar 11 is provided with'slots 13 whichreceive the pins l4 extending from the shaft, and

desirable or necessary so to do.

disk 8. At one side of the passage 4 an arm 15 is secured, and ih'the upper end thereof is mounted a tubular support 16 one end of which opens adj acent to the periphery of the disk 8. A body 17 of suitable spark producing material is supported in a tubular support 16 and is pressed into engagement with the periphery of the disk 8 by a spring 18 mounted in the support 16 between the end of the body 17 and the closed end of a cap 19 which screws onto the threaded exterior ofthe'support 16.

Obviously, by adjustment of the cap 19 the desired tension may be applied to the spring 18 to press the body 17 into engagement with the serrated periphery of the disk 8 with the desired degree of pressure, so that when said disk is forcibly rotated by the collar 11 a spark will be produced by the abrasive action of the disk against the end of the body 17. The arrangement is such that the disk 8 will be rotated in a directionto throw the sparks toward the wick 5 therebylighting the wick.

At one side of the passage 4 the snufiing hood or flame extinguisher 20 is pivoted upon a support 21. The 'snufiing hood is in,

when the latter is actuated by the resilient action of the controlling lever. The rock shaft 7 supports two arcuate arms 24 adjacent to the upper one of the two hearings in which said shaftis journaled. The supporting bracket which is secured to the'receptacle 2 is provided with two arms 25 which support a small rod 26. A lever 27 is formed with two laterally extending portions 28 by which said lever is pivoted upon the rod 26. The lever may be said to include two parts or members, of which the part 27 constitutes a handle for actuating the codperating part 29 which is in the form of a resilient plate extending between the pivot rod 26 and the actuating part 27 and having its lower end preferably secured to the hand lever member 27 by a rivet stud 30. Another rod 31-is supported by the arms 25 between the rod 26 and the main body lot the bracket and constitutes a support upon which is coiled a part of a spring 32, the lower end of which engages and operates within a notch in the stud 30. The coiled portion of the spring has rigid connection with a part of the bracket so that said spring cannot revolve on the rod 31, thus causing said spring to actuate the handle portion of the lever in a direction away from the receptacle, thus retaining the upper extremity of the resilient member 29 in engagement with the vertical portion of the hood 20. The upper portion of the resilient member 29 extends between the arms 24 and is provided with a curved extremity 33 extending into a notch 3-1 in the arm 22 of the hood. The notch 34 is in substantially the same horizontal plane as the axis of the pivot 21 on which the hood is pivotally mounted, so that when the handle portion of the lever below the pivot 26 is pressed toward the receptacle the upper end of the resilient member 29 will be held by the engagement of the curved portion 33 within the notch 3-1, thus causing said resilient member to bend and store up power for the subsequent operation of the rock shaft 7 and the hood 20. Continued movement of the'handle portion of the lever 27 and the lower portion of the'resilient member 25), toward the receptacle, results in drawing the end of the portion 33.,out of the notch 34 and against-the oblique undei"edge otth'c arm 22.

Since the resilient member 29 was bent and had energy stored therein by the initial. movement of the lever 27 toward the receptacle, the said member 29 ,passes against the oblique under edge of the arm 22 and immediately springs outwardly into contact with the lever 27, thus quickly rocking the shaft 7 and at the same time throwing the hood away from the wick 5 and permitting the spark produced by operation of the disk 8 against the body 17 to ignite the wick and thus produce a dame. lllpon release of the lever 27 the spring 32 presses the lower end thereof in a direction away from the receptacle and causes the upper portion of the resilient member 29, which is between the 211111824, to rock the shaft 7 to its initial position, the teeth of the collar 11 escaping over the teeth 10 as will be understood by reference to llflig. 3. Also, the upper end of the resilient member 29 engages against the lower portion of the vertical arm of the hood 20 and restores said hood to its normal position immediately above the wick, thus shutting out or extinguishing the flame.

As an additionalaid for tripping the hood so as to release the upper portion of the resilient member 29 from the notch 3t,

pretcr that the upper end of the iever 27 be r 5 of such length that the outward movement thereof will cause said leverto engage the lower extremity of the arm 22, and thus trip or assist in tripping the hood, to permit the resilient member 29* to throw the hood hack liltand to actuate the spark producing mechanism. This action will only occur when the member 29 failsto throw the hood back by the movement'of the resilient member out of the notch 34.

It will be understood that there may be variations in the arrangement of the parts whereby the resilient member will actuate the hood and the spark producing mechanism, without departure from the principles of the invention. Therefore I do not restrict myself to the precise details illustrated anddescribed but -What I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A lighter, comprising a rock shaft, a spark producing mechanism controlled by said rock shaft, a wick, a'fia m eextinguisheing hood movable adjacent to said wick, a resilient member having one end in releasable latched engagement with said hood and becoming released from said latched engagement by the bending movement of said resilient member, a lever for bending said member and releasing said latched engagement between said member and said hood,

meanswhereby said resilient member will rock said shaft to actuate said spark producing mechanism when said latched engagement is released, andmeans for restoring said resilient member into latched engagement with said hood.

2. A lighter comprising a wick, a flame extinguishing hood movable to and from said wick, a resilient member,, a support on which said resilient member is mounted, a

- releasable connection between said member and said hood whereby said member is retained in latched engagement with said hood when the opposite end of said member :is

moved, a lever operable to bend said mem-.

. movable to and from said wic her during the initial movement thereof and to release said connection between. said member and said hood during the final movement thereof in one direction, a spark producing mechanism adjacent to said wick, and means for actuating saidspark producing mechanism by the movement of said resilient member after release of said releasable connection with said hood. y

3. In a lighter, the combination with a shaft, a spark producing mechanism -controlledby said shaft, a wick sup orted in position to be ignited by said spar producing mechanism, a flame extinguishing hood I, a support, a

handle pivotally carried by said support, a

resilient plate-between said support and said handle, a connection between the lower end of said plate and said handle, a connection between the upper end of said plate and said hood effective to hold the upper end of saidplate during the initial movement ofsaid final movement of said handle, means w. ereby said plate will actuate said hood away a from said wick when said plate is released as aforesaid, and means whereby said plate will actuate said spark producing mechanism, substantially as described.

' 4. In a lighter, a wick, a pivotally supported plate, a spark. producing mechanism, a shaft for actuating said 'spark producing mechanism, a resilient element having releasable latch connection with said plate, a handle for operating said resilient element to release said latch connection, means whereby said resilient element will operate said shaft, and means for restoring said element lever effectively to bend said lever and to tension said lever during the initial movement of said element and to release said lever from said hood during the final movement.

of said element, means holding said element in engagement withthe lower end of'said lever, a projection on said hood extending into the path of movement of said lever of a rod supported below said mechawhereby said lever will actuate said hood away from said wick when said lever is released as aforesaid, means whereby said lever will actuate said spark producing mechanism, and a spring actuating said lever to restore said hood to its normal position adacent to said wick.

6. In a lighter, a wick, a flame extinguishing hood pivotally mounted adjacent to said wick and having a notch in one edge thereof, a projection extending below said notch, a resilient lever engaged in said notch, a handle member for actuating one end of said lever while the other end of said lever remains seated in said notch whereby said lever is placed under tension by the movement of said handle, said lever being drawn out of said notch by the final movement of said handle and operating againstsaid projection effectively to spring said hood away from said wick, and a spark producing mechanism operated by said lever, substantially as described.

7. In a lighter, a shaft, a spark producing mechanism controlled by said shaft, arms extending from said shaft, a pivoted element, a fulcrum member, a-resilient plate bearing against said fulcrum member and engagin said armsand being in releasable latche engagement with said pivoted element and becoming released from said latched engagement by. the bendingmovement of said ias wee-geese plate, a lever for bending said plate and respecification. in the presence of two subscri m leasing said latched engagement between ing Witnesses. said plate and said element, means holding said plate and said lever in proper relative 5 positlon, and means for restoring said plate Witnesses:

into latched engagement with said element. L. C. KINesLANn, Inwitness whereof, I have signed vthis R. M. LAWRENCE.

JOHN O. GARRJEY 

